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76. Heliura klagesi sp. nov. 



(??. Nearest to pkaesoma Driice. Differs in its pale yellowish salmon, not 

 white, pectus and underside of abdomen, in the olive-brown, not orange-red, 

 nervures of forewing, and in the semihyaline base of biudwing being less 

 distinctly defined from the black-brown of the rest of the wing. 



Ilab. La Union, Caura River, May 1002 (type) ; Gnyapa, Caura River, Novem- 

 ber 24— December 10, 1902 (S. M. Klages). 



77. Heliura klagesi meridionalis suhsp. nov. 

 This race is very much larger and darker. 

 Length of wing : klagesi klagesi, 1 6 mm. 



„ „ „ ,, meridionalis, 20 mm. 



Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, February 1903 (S. M. 

 Klages) (type) ; Calama, below Rio Machados, Rio Madeira, August— October 1907 

 (W. Hoffmanns); La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Caraba3'a, Peru, 2000 ft., wet season, 

 November 1904 (G. Ockenden). 



78. Heliura rubrocincta sp. nov. 



(?¥. Pectus, coxae, and underside of abdomen rosy primrose; head and 

 antennae brown ; thorax olive yellowish brown with sooty brown-black streaks 



and spots, abdomen sooty black, fourth, fifth, and sixth segments scarlet. 



Forewing yellowish olive-grey with a number of sooty wood-brown streaks and 

 spots all over, mostly coalescent on disc. Hindwing : basal one-third semi- 

 hyaline white, rest velvety black. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



llab. Guyapa, Caura River, November 24 — December 10, 1902 (type); La 

 Union, Caura River, 1901 and 1902 (S. M. Klages). 



79. Heliura germana sp. nov. 



c?. Similar to sericeay but abdomen altove velvety black. 



Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, February 1905 (S. M. 

 Klages). 



80. Heliura bimaculita sp. nov. 



S . Pectus and underside of abdomen white ; frons white, vertex black, 

 antennae lilack, collar crimson ; thorax black with two wliitish dots ; abdomen 



brilliant metallic blue. Forewing black, a patch in cell and one between 



veins 3 and 6 hyaline. Hindwing black, median area hyaline. On underside 



hindwing and basal half of forewing brilliant pale metallic blue. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. 



Hab. Bogota, 1898. 



81. Heliura postflavida sp. nov. 



(??. Similar to dolens Schaus, but larger, and last two segments of abdomen 

 orange, not black. 



Length of forewing: ? dolens, 15 mm. 



„ „ „ ,, post/lacida, 18 mm. 



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